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Steamhead
Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
in THE MAIN WALL
There used to be a steam-heated motel in Laurel Springs- wonder if the building still exists?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Parkway-Motor-Court-Restaurant-Robert-F-Myers-Old-Car-Laurel-Springs-NC/191685084651?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid=222007&algo=SIC.MBE&ao=2&asc=38530&meid=292eb39e6fce4c079d3c7e58ec1da3e9&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=3&sd=190969122921
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  • j a_2
    j a_2 Member Posts: 1,801
    Traveling down thru rt 77. N C. Out of Virginia in a week or so....Is it near there....Not in any hurry any more these days
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
    Maybe an hour and a half to two hours west of the junction of I-77 and I-74. Take I-77 exit 100 west, that's state highway 89. It winds through the country for a ways. After you go through Lowgap and pass the Cumberland Knob recreation area, turn left on state highway 18, cross the Blue Ridge Parkway, go through Sparta and Whitehead, and Laurel Springs is the next village you get to, at the junction of highways 18 and 88.
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    j a_2
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,669
    I would color her gone
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
    Perhaps, but if someone is in the area, why not have a look? If nothing else, it should be a rather pretty drive.
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  • j a_2
    j a_2 Member Posts: 1,801
    It is a beautiful drive...I travel 84/81/77 a bunch going back and forth to Charlotte.....Put it on cruise control,make my usual stops..I love the Virginia Military Academy.....What history.....Kinda spooky....
    bertye
  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,214
    Check it out on Google Earth. There doesn't seem to be anything quite like that there.
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
    j a_2
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
    edited January 2017
    Not sure exactly where it was. Many rural areas did not use street addresses the way larger towns and metropolitan areas do. This is why no address appears on that postcard. Some places continued with Rural Route or General Delivery postal service until the advent of Emergency 911 service, which mandated the use of individual addresses. My aunt and uncle live in one such place, and I remember there was a lot of grumbling when the county started using street addresses.

    Since this was called the Parkway Motor Court, it might have been south of Laurel Springs itself, near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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    Towson, MD, USA
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  • Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,214
    The Laurel Springs post office has a phone number:

    (336) 359-2417

    Call them on Tuesday and I'll bet they or someone else in town knows about the Parkway Motor Court & Restaurant.
    8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

    Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
    This looks like it. They've added a second floor to the rear building, and expanded the restaurant:

    http://www.thestationsinn.com/
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    Towson, MD, USA
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  • j a_2
    j a_2 Member Posts: 1,801
    Ya think it still has steam heat? With the addition of the second floor....
  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 17,376
    Who knows......... at least it hasn't turned into a Motel 6 or Super 8.
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    Towson, MD, USA
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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 16,315
    Steamhead said:

    Who knows......... at least it hasn't turned into a Motel 6 or Super 8.

    You know no one can add onto a steam system.
    That would require working with threaded pipe..........

    If you can't put it together with a glue stick or crimper it's not happening.

    Single pipe 392sqft system with an EG-40 rated for 325sqft and it's silent and balanced at all times.

  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,669
    I dont think that is it. Click on history link and compare postcards. different sign, building and hill.
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,669
    edited January 2017
    oh, wait, maybe it is!

    Robert Meyers....Bob Meyers.... Trees, road and addition changed scenery a lot
  • SlamDunk
    SlamDunk Member Posts: 1,669
    edited January 2017
    this is public info from a google search -you can call his son....
    i deleted last four digits of telephone nbr

    Robert F Myers Jr.
    Age: 68

    View Robert Myers's Background & Public Record Information >> ads

    Address

    -

    PO Box 16

    Laurel Springs, NC

    28644-0016
    Phone

    (336) 359-
    Robert Franklin Myers
    98 years old
    Daytona Beach, FL, 32114
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    Bobby Ivan Myers
    55 years old
    Fleetwood, NC, 28626

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